A research team at the University of California, Los Angeles has created a process for manufacturing highly efficient photovoltaic materials and says the approach shows promise for low cost industrial ...

Solar energy continues to grow as a key pillar of the global energy transition, but improving performance while keeping costs ...

While solar energy is renewable, the manufacturing process for panels is energy intensive. Professor David Lidzey and Power Roll Ltd have developed a solar cell design that could be easier to produce ...

Researchers at Korea University have developed a machine learning model for predicting sheet resistance in phosphorus oxychloride (POCl3) doping processes in solar cell manufacturing. “Our study aims ...

Scientists in the US have for the first time pinpointed what occurs during a key manufacturing process of silicon solar cells. The research, conducted by a team from the US Energy Department's ...

Tandem solar cells based on perovskite semiconductors convert sunlight to electricity more efficiently than conventional silicon solar cells. In order to make this technology ready for the market, ...

Researchers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed a new vapor-deposition technique that greatly ...

Scientists have discovered a more efficient way of storing the chemical compounds used in perovskite solar cells that could help make the manufacturing process more efficient and create less waste.

Wang tells PV Tech Premium that copper offers a ‘a compelling combination’ of traits to replace silver. Image: AIKO. Silver is a cornerstone of the solar cell manufacturing industry. Its high ...

TNO has succeeded in applying copper electrodes to silicon heterojunction solar cells using a new screen-printing process. With this innovation, almost the same amount of electricity can be generated ...